2nd district of Budapest
2nd District of Budapest
Budapest II. kerülete | |
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District II | |
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Coordinates: 47°31′20″N 19°01′25″E / 47.52222°N 19.02361°E | |
Country | Hungary |
Region | Central Hungary |
City | Budapest |
Established | 17 November 1873 |
Quarters[1] | List
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Government | |
• Mayor | (MSZP) |
Area | |
• Total | 36.34 km2 (14.03 sq mi) |
Area rank | 5th |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 89,903 |
• Rank | 7th |
• Density | 2,473/km2 (6,410/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | második kerületi ("2nd districter") |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 1021 ... 1029 |
Website | www |
The 2nd district of Budapest is a district of Budapest, Hungary. It has an area of 36.34 km² and is situated to the south of the 3rd district and to the north of the 1st district and the 12th district.
Notable places[]
Széll Kálmán tér, one of the city's biggest transport interchange.
Central Statistical Office Library, one of the largest public libraries in Budapest
Politics[]
The current mayor of II. District of Budapest is (MSZP).
The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 21 members (1 Mayor, 14 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[3]
Party | Seats | Current District Assembly | ||||||||||||
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Opposition coalition[a] | 12 | M | ||||||||||||
Fidesz-KDNP | 8 | |||||||||||||
MKKP | 1 |
List of mayors[]
Member | Party | Date | |
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SZDSZ | 1990–1998 | ||
Fidesz | 1998–2002 | ||
Csaba Horváth | MSZP | 2002–2006 | |
Zsolt Láng | Fidesz | 2006–2019 | |
MSZP | 2019– |
Twin towns[]
2nd district of Budapest is twinned with:
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet - a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
- ^ a b "A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma" [The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings]. Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1 [Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.
- ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest II. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Testvérvárosaink" (in Hungarian). II. kerületi Önkormányzat. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
External links[]
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